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Overreactions: The Price of being a Maintainer?
I’m saying this up front: This is triggering. I’m asking that my Size Acceptance friends don’t try to intervene or convert me. Just acknowledge or don’t read. Please. In less than two weeks I go in...
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“Experts”: Phooey
Well, my colonoscopy has been postponed. Yeesh. And it wasn’t me; I didn’t chicken out. The nurse called and the doctor is taking a day off on Friday. I got all wound up, and now I’ll wind down...
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Dueling Research
Last night on ABC news, former director of the CDC and current ABC pontificator, Dr. Richard Besser reported that gastric bypass surgery reverses Type 2 Diabetes forever. This morning on Good Morning...
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Bingeing. Mini-bingeing. Is it Addiction?
I appreciate science that debunks the notion that we eat and gain weight because we are emotionally out of control and we just need to buck up and make better decisions: Push away from the table....
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Word Play: Addiction v. Compulsion
I thought my most recent post would be a “quickie.” Here’s something interesting in Science Daily on food addiction linking ghrelin to excessive sugar consumption. I expected a few responses....
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An Open Letter to Weight-Management Scientists
Dear Scientist Friends: Consider this a personal invitation to test a theory, especially if your area of expertise is endocrine and/or you have a personal interest in exercise physiology and weight...
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More Thoughts on Endocrine
It’s useless to try to persuade me to be uninterested in endocrine. If your interests lie elsewhere, I forgive you for skipping my entries on the topic. First the news: I heard from Katarina Borer,...
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Katarina Borer: My First Impressions of her Recent Work
It’s taking time, but I am working my way through a study, an article and a commentary surrounding some recent work by Dr. Katarina Borer and colleagues on endocrine, appetite and exercise. I believe...
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What Katarina Borer Found: Good News for Maintainers?
Before I say another word, my conscience tells me to add a BIG trigger caution here. If you are a size acceptance proponent and are feeling the least bit susceptible to the call of the weight-loss...
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Debra’s Gone Defunct (not entirely — I’m not dead)
Welcome, newcomers and old friends, to Debra’s Just Maintaining! For roughly a year, starting September 29, 2010, this blog set about exploring the cultural mythology and science surrounding...
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